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Campaigner’s death fuels calls for Britain to speed up ‘Windrush’ compensation

UK Windrush protests

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The death of a prominent campaigner last week has increased pressure on Britain’s government to speed up compensation payments to thousands of “Windrush generation” Caribbean migrants who were wrongly identified as illegal immigrants. Paulette Wilson, 64, died just weeks after she and other Windrush activists went to parliament to present a […]

Immigration controversy draws attention to British ID card policy

Thomson Reuters Foundation An immigration scandal which led to the resignation of Britain’s home secretary and sparked anger over the treatment of some migrants has reignited another debate – national identity cards. Home Secretary Amber Rudd quit on Sunday after acknowledging she “inadvertently misled” parliament by denying the government had targets for the number of […]